Monthly Archives: March 2006

Too close for comfort?

Was reading through Earplug #65 and noticed that one of the music labels has a name that sounds… very familiar. While I’m sure there’s no intentional overlap, it was nevertheless somewhat alarming to see something so close to the name I use everywhere show up randomly.
Something about that word pairing must be artful though, since [...]

The failure of stakeholder capitalism

William Pfaff chimes in with an enlightening piece about the riotous protests going on in France, positing observations about the differences between the modern (American) model of capitalism and the previous model that the French are trying to protect:
The earlier model said that corporations had a duty to ensure the well-being of employees, and an [...]

Google employees’ wireless patents published

Looks like ads, ads and taking over your browser chrome is in the future of the GooglePlex, though they claim that their patents indicate nothing about their future plans. Clearly wifi is the next frontier in ubiquitous advertising.